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Sam Nujoma Avenue
Standard Bank Building
First floor, Room 8
PO Box 7018
SWAKOPMUND
Tel: (00264) 064-403-905
Fax: (00264) 064-403-906

 
 

What is NACOMA ?

 

The Namibian Coast Conservation and Management project (NACOMA), is a 5 year project officially launched in March 2006. NACOMA is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Government of Republic of Namibia (GRN).

 

Over the 5 year life of the project, NACOMA will try to:

 
  • Enable Namibians to agree on a common vision for Coastal Zone Management(CZM);
  • Develop and support the implementation of the Namibian Coastal Zone Management White Paper;
  • Clarify the legal & regulatory framework for coastal zone development planning;
  • Harmonize institutional mandates and roles for CZM;
  • Provide required training and practical skills to key stakeholders responsible for CZM;
  • Improve awareness of environmental problems.
 

An overall end result of the NACOMA project will be the development of an effective and efficient Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) system for Namibia.

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The coast is about 1.500 km long classified as hyper arid desert.
Around 1,6 million birds belonging to 73 species regularly occur along the Namibian Coast.
The coastline from Swakopmund to Walvis Bay has up to 770 birds per km of beach.

25 species of cetaceans & 493 species of fish occur off Namibian waters.

Around 552.000 tons of fish was harvested in 2005.
3 coastal wetlands are under the International Ramsar Convention.
Over 600 000 tourists in 2007 and 1 million expected in 2008.
 
  Rising sea level and coastal erosion point to global
climate change
   

Namibians may largely be apathetic to global warming, its causes and effects, as they may believe this phenomenon would be the concern of developed or highly populated countries.
However, one of the most evident places where the effects of global climate change can be observed in Namibia is along its fragile coast.

 

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Call for coastal project proposal outlines
The NACOMA Matching Grant programme will fund projects from N$10,000 to N$360,000.

The White Paper process is now reaching an important stage as the writing of the Green Paper will start in earnest.

SAIEA has been contracted to implement key recommendations of the coastal SEA for Erongo and Kunene regions in order to improve conservation mana-gement on the coast.

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